Photos: A look inside San Jose’s first tiny home community for formerly homeless residents

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SAN JOSE, CA - FEBRUARY 27: Some of the 40 tiny homes are seen at an event celebrating the opening of San Jose's first Mabury Bridge Housing Community — an interim housing program that provides tiny homes for homeless individuals as they seek permanent housing, on Feb. 27, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

SAN JOSE, CA - FEBRUARY 27: San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo arrives at an event celebrating the opening of San Jose's first Bridge Housing Community — an interim housing program that provides tiny homes for homeless individuals as they seek permanent housing, on Feb. 27, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

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SAN JOSE, CA - FEBRUARY 27: An interior view of one of the 40 tiny homes is photographed at an event celebrating the opening of San Jose's first Mabury Bridge Housing Community — an interim housing program that provides tiny homes for homeless individuals as they seek permanent housing, on Feb. 27, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

SAN JOSE, CA - FEBRUARY 27: An interior view of one of the 40 tiny homes is photographed at an event celebrating the opening of San Jose's first Mabury Bridge Housing Community — an interim housing program that provides tiny homes for homeless individuals as they seek permanent housing, on Feb. 27, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

SAN JOSE, CA - FEBRUARY 27: An interior view of one of the 40 tiny homes is photographed at an event celebrating the opening of San Jose's first Mabury Bridge Housing Community — an interim housing program that provides tiny homes for homeless individuals as they seek permanent housing, on Feb. 27, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

SAN JOSE, CA - FEBRUARY 27: An interior view of one of the 40 tiny homes is photographed at an event celebrating the opening of San Jose's first Mabury Bridge Housing Community — an interim housing program that provides tiny homes for homeless individuals as they seek permanent housing, on Feb. 27, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

SAN JOSE, CA - FEBRUARY 27: California Governor Gavin Newsom, right, and CEO of HomeFirst, Andrea Urton, take a tour during an event celebrating the opening of San Jose's first Bridge Housing Community — an interim housing program that provides tiny homes for homeless individuals as they seek permanent housing, on Feb. 27, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

SAN JOSE, CA - FEBRUARY 27: An interior view of the laundry room is photographed at an event celebrating the opening of San Jose's first Mabury Bridge Housing Community — an interim housing program that provides tiny homes for homeless individuals as they seek permanent housing, on Feb. 27, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

SAN JOSE, CA - FEBRUARY 27: An interior view of one of the bathrooms with a shower is photographed during an event celebrating the opening of San Jose's first Mabury Bridge Housing Community — an interim housing program that provides tiny homes for homeless individuals as they seek permanent housing, on Feb. 27, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

SAN JOSE, CA - FEBRUARY 27: California Governor Gavin Newsom, center right, and CEO of HomeFirst, Andrea Urton, center, take a tour during an event celebrating the opening of San Jose's first Bridge Housing Community — an interim housing program that provides tiny homes for homeless individuals as they seek permanent housing, on Feb. 27, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

SAN JOSE, CA - FEBRUARY 27: Some of the 40 tiny homes are seen at an event celebrating the opening of San Jose's first Mabury Bridge Housing Community — an interim housing program that provides tiny homes for homeless individuals as they seek permanent housing, on Feb. 27, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

SAN JOSE, CA - FEBRUARY 27: The computer area is photographed during an event celebrating the opening of San Jose's first Mabury Bridge Housing Community — an interim housing program that provides tiny homes for homeless individuals as they seek permanent housing, on Feb. 27, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

SAN JOSE, CA - FEBRUARY 27: Governor Gavin Newsom speaks during an event celebrating the opening of San Jose's first Bridge Housing Community — an interim housing program that provides tiny homes for homeless individuals as they seek permanent housing, on Feb. 27, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

SAN JOSE, CA - FEBRUARY 27: An interior view of the kitchen area is photographed at an event celebrating the opening of San Jose's first Mabury Bridge Housing Community — an interim housing program that provides tiny homes for homeless individuals as they seek permanent housing, on Feb. 27, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

After making your way past the 10-foot gate surrounding the property, 40 tiny homes — 80-square-feet rectangular structures with just enough room for a single bed, desk and shelf — are in neat rows with gravel paths, lined with potted plants, leading from one home to another.

Maggie Angst covers government on the Peninsula for The Mercury News. She's a Chicago native and previously covered breaking news for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and education for the Island Packet in Hilton Head, S.C.

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